Cannae 216 BC - Hannibal smashes Rome's Army

Informationen zum Autor Mark Healy, illustrated by Richard Hook, Angus McBride Klappentext Cannae is rightly regarded as one of the greatest battles of military history. Hannibal's stratagem has become a model of the perfectly fought battle and is studied in detail at military academies around the world. At Cannae the Romans confronted Hannibal with an army of 80,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. Hannibal faced them with 40,000 foot and 10,000 horse. The engagement that followed was a masterpiece of battlefield control. By the end of the conflict the Romans had lost 47,500 infantry and 2,700 cavalry killed and a further 19,300 captured. Campaign 36 and Men-at-Arms 121 are also available in a single volume special edition as 'Hannibal's War with Rome'. Zusammenfassung Offers an account of the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC, the most famous battle of the Second Punic War, during which Hannibal's much smaller force inflicted the greatest defeat ever suffered by the Roman army in what is still regarded today as a model display of military tactics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Opposing Leaders The Opposing Armies 218: Ticinus and Trebbia 217: Lake Trasimene 217-216: The Fabian Strategy The Approach to Cannae The Battle of Cannae Aftermath Chronology A Guide to Further Reading The Battlefield Today Wargaming Cannae

Product details

• Authors: Mark Healy, Stephen J Zaloga
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781855324701
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-470-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 244 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Campaign; Osprey Military Campaign S.; Campaign; Osprey Military Campaign S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Warfare & defence, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, War and defence operations, Battles and campaigns